The deal has been struck between BBC Worldwide and mobile phone content company ROK Player to make popular shows available on mobile phones. The first shows to be licensed are the Classic Dr Who special The Five Doctors and three episodes of Red Dwarf – Marooned, Quarantine and Cassandra. “We want to give fans the [...]
Japanese health officials made a connection between teen phone usage and a drop in the rate of smoking. There is “a high chance that phone bills are weighing on the money they spend on cigarettes”, said the head of research at the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry and assistant director of the National Institute of [...]
According to IDC, the Western European mobile phone market (consisting of traditional mobile phones and converged devices) witnessed healthy year-on-year growth of 20% in 2Q05. IDC reports that shipments reached 37.6 million units, predominantly driven by increased traction in low-end segments and renewal demand for new feature-rich handsets, with sequential growth of 4% raising expectations [...]
America Online attempts to apeal to mobile users by lanching a new portal, AOLMobile.com. AOL’s full-featured version of mobile services, phones, and accessories storefront is scheduled to debut today, after being available in public beta for several weeks. On AOLMobile.com users will be able to personalize the informatoin they see on the site. For example, [...]
Opera Software, a Norwegian browser owner, have announced Opera Mini, a J2ME (Java 2 Mobile Edition) Web browser for “virtually all mobile phones”. The new browser enables web access on more than 700 million low to mid-tier Java-capable phones around the world. Opera’s attempt is to bring mobile browsing capability to the majority of mobile [...]
Frontline Solutions reported that Sybase is buying Extended Systems for an estimated $71.3 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2005, pending approvals. Sybase has a plan to integrate Extended Systems into its iAnywhere Solutions mobile software subsidiary. “The acquisition of Extended Systems is expected to enhance our portfolio of [...]
MobilePipeline reported that Gartner released a study Tuesday which claims sales of PDAs increased 32 percent in the second quarter of 2005 compared to the same quarter a year ago. According to Gartner’s numbers, RIM is the leading PDA vendor. World PDA market share breakdown: RIM 23.2 percent – 18.6 percent a year ago Palm [...]
According to Mobeon’s press release, the leading messaging company, the world’s first 3G video messaging interface featuring mobile buddies was unveiled. Mobile buddies are 3D animated avatars designed to provide entertaining and personalised mailbox navigation to mobile users. Mobile buddies are integrated into the latest Mobeon videomail technology allow the most sophisticated user interface of [...]
A new and simple inititative ICE is gaining momentum. Phone numbers in your phone contact list can be designated as the numbers to call in the case of an emerency. After a number, use the acronym ICE (In Case of Emergency). This will help emergency personelle (police, parametics, and firefighters) identify the number to call [...]
According to Strategy Analytics, an independent global research and consulting firm, 188 million mobile phone units were shipped world wide in the second quarter of 2005. Q2 number of shipments increased by 18 percent over the same quarter a year ago. The same report revealed that 361 million units were sold in the first half [...]
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